By Kim McDarison
Tyler Speth, a resident of Jefferson County whose address has been sealed by order of a Jefferson County Circuit judge, was sentenced Friday, Aug. 11, after being found guilty by a jury of his peers of seven counts of sex-related activity associated with a child.
According to information released through the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access website, Speth, who was arrested in November of last year by members of the Lake Mills Police Department, was charged and found guilty of five felony counts and two misdemeanor counts, including: Three Felony D counts, two of which are described as “child enticement, exposure of genitals, public area, intimate parts, and one count described as “soliciting a child for prostitution.” Additionally Speth was found guilty of two Felony I counts, both of which are described as “exposing genitals, public area, intimate parts to a child, and two misdemeanor A counts, both of which are described as “sexual intercourse with a child 16 or older, actor 19 or older.”
Speth, who was 31 at the time of his arrest, is 32 years old.
On Friday, Aug. 11, Speth, who was in custody, appeared in Jefferson County Circuit Court before Judge Bennett Brantmeier for sentencing.
During the proceedings, the following sentences were handed down:
On Felony D counts 1, 6, and 7, Speth was sentenced to 11 years of confinement, with an initial term of five years, and a maximum time to serve on extended supervision of six years.
The sentence, court documentation stipulates, “is to commence forthwith.”
Additionally, the court found that the defendant was not eligible for the Challenge Incarceration Program, known as “boot camp,” and noted the defendant’s ineligibility for the Substance Abuse Program.
The court credited the defendant with time already served of 12 days in all counts.
Further, as conditions of extended supervision, the court ordered that the defendant receive all counseling required by “the agent,” pay various court fees, pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $14,954, and remain on the Sex Offender Registration for the length of supervision plus 15 years.
On Felony I counts, 2 and 4, the court ordered that the defendant serve three years in confinement, with an initial term of 18 months, and a maximum time to serve on extended supervision of 18 months. The sentence will be served concurrently with time served associated with the aforementioned counts.
On misdemeanor counts 3 and 5, the court sentenced the defendant to nine months of incarceration, to be served concurrently with penalties associated with the aforementioned counts.
During the sentencing hearing, several statements were read into the record in support of the prosecution’s case, including those offered by the victim’s parents and brother, and several were entered into the record in support of the defendant, including those made by the defendant’s wife, sister, brother-in-law, mother, and an individual identified as a “friend/employee.”
According to court documentation, a jury was sworn in on July 31, after which, following a short recess, it returned to hear opening statements. The trial concluded on Aug. 4, at which time, verdicts of “guilty” on all seven counts, were entered into the record.
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